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SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 
The last-named is the only species not obtained hy Dr. Stoliczka in his last journey. It 
had, however, previously been procured hy him in Spiti (Steindachner, Eept. Nov. Exp., p. 65). 
All the other species named had also been obtained previously, no additions having been 
made to the fauna by the present collection. 
The very moderate list of species as yet procured from Eastern Turkestan comprises the 
following forms;— 
Lacertilia : 
Siellio stoliczJcanus. 
PhrynocepJialus theohaldi, var. {P.forsytJiip 
P. axillaris. 
Teraioscincus heyserlingii. 
Gymnodactyliis elongatus. 
G. microtis. 
Eremias yaricandensis. 
E. rermiculata. 
Zamenis ravergieri. 
Ophidia : 
Tropidonotus hydrus. 
Taphrometopum Imeolatum. 
Of these species, only jPhrynocepJialus theohaldi and Eiremias yarkandensis had been 
obtained before the country was visited by Dr. Stoliczka; another species, Oyrtodactylus 
yarkandensis., recorded as having been brought from Yarkand, having really, I believe, been 
collected in Ladak, and wrongly labelled. 
In the present account the following species are also mentioned, specimens of them 
having been collected by Dr. Stoliczka in the Punjab hills or in Kashmir :— 
Stellio Uiherculatus. 
8. agrorensis. 
TypMops porrectus, var. 
Compsosoma hodgsoni. 
Ptyas mucosiLS. 
Lacertilia : 
Eumeces tceniolatns. 
Mocoa himalayana. 
Ophidia : 
Tropidonotus platyceps. 
Yipera obtusa. 
PLalys Jiimalayanus. 
With the possible exception of the last, none of these species appears to be found in the 
dry region of Ladak, north of the dividing range between Kashmir proper and the Indus 
valley. 
It is thus evident that, so far as the Reptiles are considered, the countries traversed by 
Dr. Stoliczka between the plains of India and Kashghar yield three entirely distinct faunas: 
(1) that of the Punjab hills and Kashmir, comprising a majority of Himalayan forms, 
with a few species common to the plains of India and some types belonging to palsearctic 
genera; (2) that of Western Tibet; and (3) that of Eastern Turkestan, both the latter 
belonging to the palsearctic region, but to distinct sub-divisions, only one species having 
hitherto been found in both areas, and even that is represented by well-marked varieties.^ 
* Since the present account was first written, I have received, through the kindness of Dr. Strauch, a copy of his descriptions of 
the reptiles collected by Colonel Przevalsld in Central Asia. The work was published in 1876, and is, therefore, later in date than my 
preliminary account of Dr. Stoliczka’s collections in the “ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ” for 1875 (vol. xliv, p. 191). 
The greater portion of Dr. Strauch’s paper is unfortunately in Russian, but the descriptions are in Latin, and excellent lithographs 
of all the new species are given. One form of Eremias, Podarces {E.) pylzowi, appears to me possibly the same as E. vermiculata 
from Yarkand; but of this I am not certain, and I am unable to identify any of the other fonns described, including five species of 
Phrynocephalus, and five (besides E. pghowi) of Eremias, with the species inhabiting Eastern Turkestan. 
